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1 Timothy 3:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.

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As an overseer  of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,


to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness  to all people.


And don’t get drunk  with wine,  which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:


Deacons,  likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,


What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions  that wage war within you?


Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgements.


Shepherd God’s flock among you,  not overseeing  out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you;  not out of greed for money but eagerly;


Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.   ,


In the same way, older women  are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,


‘You and your sons are not to drink wine  or beer  when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute  throughout your generations.


I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction,  kingdom,  and endurance  that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.


Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,  have plunged into Balaam’s error  for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.


They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.


It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.


And we exhort you, brothers and sisters:  warn those who are idle,  comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient  with everyone.


because such people do not serve our Lord Christ  but their own appetites.  , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.


I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.


He said to them, ‘It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer,   but you are making it a den of thieves! ’   ,


‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.


Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’


This is what the  Lord  says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim  peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.


If a man comes and utters empty lies    – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’   – he would be just the preacher for this people!


No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.


Therefore, I will give  their wives to other men, their fields to new occupants, for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.


For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.


Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendour, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.


The end of a matter is better than its beginning; a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.


The one who profits dishonestly  troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.


Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.


However, his sons did not walk in his ways #– #they turned towards dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.


For people will be lovers of self,  lovers of money,  boastful, proud,  demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,





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